Clay Target Nation, Jan 2016

Skeet Sporting Clays PROGRAM THE CROSSFIRE 64 WWW NSSA NSCA ORG JANUARY 2016 Ever thought about crossing over into a different discipline The NSSA NSCA Crossfire program gives you the opportunity to try something new BY MARTY FISCHER I t has been many many years but I can still remember the first round of skeet with my duck and dove hunting buddies We were at the Forest City Gun Club in Savannah Georgia when this took place in 1981 During that time there were 42 regulation skeet fields at that club talk about being intimidated At that time sporting clays was years away on American shores and trap and skeet were the only shooting games in town Like many shooters I fell in love with clay target shooting and in no time I had purchased a four barrel set skeet gun a reloader a vest and shooting glasses In other words the credit card was getting a pretty good workout I found myself traveling to local state zone and world shoots and while the climb through the classes was hard work it was lots of fun I played the skeet game regularly until the late 1980s when I got introduced to sporting clays As an avid wingshooter I found the sporting game had instant appeal Before long I was shooting registered sporting but I had migrated to the new game and never looked back Back in the day you were pretty much a skeet guy or a sporting guy you simply didnt see much crossover Over the years I became a very active shooting instructor and course p Sporting clays shooters often find that shooting skeet enchances their focus and consistency THADDIUS BEDFORD

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